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Is Student Loan Forgiveness By Executive Order Legal?
(June 30, 2023)
Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) want President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in federal student loans per borrower. They claim that he can do this unilaterally through executive order.
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The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan proposed by President Biden does not include any student loan forgiveness.
Warren returns to campaign spotlight
The liberal lawmaker has kept a relatively low profile since suspending her presidential bid to endorse Joe Biden. Vowing to be a trusted ally to his administration, she’s quietly lent a hand on policy and personnel decisions and sponsored bills to advance progressives’ top concerns.
But increasingly, Warren is also resurfacing nationally, adopting a front-facing role as a campaign surrogate for progressive candidates in swing states.
Wednesday’s House action follows a blowout bipartisan vote by the Senate Armed Services Committee to boost its version of the defense bill by $25 billion. Only one Democrat on the committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), opposed that proposal.
Biden hints Sanders, Warren won‘t join his Cabinet despite push from progressives
Speaking with NBC News‘ Lester Holt in his first interview since the Nov. 3 election, Biden said the two progressive senators – who ran their own unsuccessful campaigns for president – were key to helping pass his „very ambitious, very progressive agenda.“
Scoop: Biden may keep Warren, Sanders out of Cabinet
Joe Biden’s team is considering an informal ban on naming Democratic U.S. senators to the Cabinet if he wins — which would effectively block Elizabeth Warren for Treasury or Bernie Sanders for Labor — people familiar with the discussions tell Axios.
.@HansNichols reports that the Biden team is considering an „informal ban“ of all senators from the cabinet. The upshot: a way of saying no to both Warren and Bernie.
Trump urges Sanders supporters to join GOP after senator suspends campaign
Trump also thanked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), reiterating his belief that she may have taken away enough votes from Sanders on Super Tuesday last month to cost him states. Warren finished third or in some cases a distant fourth in each state Joe Biden won on Super Tuesday.
„Bernie Sanders is OUT! Thank you to Elizabeth Warren. If not for her, Bernie would have won almost every state on Super Tuesday!“ Trump tweeted.
Krystal Ball: Warren is forever dead to the left
Krystal Ball discusses Elizabeth Warren‘s political motives by choosing no to endorse Bernie Sanders.
Asked if she had decided who to support in the Democratic primary, Warren replied, “Maybe I’ll just pull a New York Times and endorse them both.”
In interview with @Maddow , @ewarren was notably restrained in noting her policy differences with @JoeBiden , and called him a “decent” man in the best way. She’s spoke much more at length about the online vitriol from @BernieSanders supporters.
Warren declines to endorse Biden or Sanders after dropping out
Elizabeth Warren declined to throw her support behind another candidate on Thursday, saying she and her supporters „don‘t have to decide right this minute“ whom to back after dropping out of the Democratic primary.
Warren has told associates she’s NOT planning to endorse later today when she announces that she’s dropping out.
Wants to weigh whether to do it and, if so, timing.
NEWS: Biden and Warren spoke yesterday, in addition to her call with Sanders, per a source familiar with the call.
Warren to drop out of presidential race
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is set to end her presidential bid on Thursday after failing to gain traction in the 2020 Democratic primary race, according to two sources close to the campaign.
Watch live: Democrats debate in South Carolina
The candidates on the stage are Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and billionaire activist Tom Steyer.
Scarborough: Time for Warren, Klobuchar to drop out ‚to help consolidate efforts‘ against Sanders
MSNBC‘s Joe Scarborough on Monday called on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to get out of the 2020 race for the Democratic presidential nomination, with the „Morning Joe“ co-host arguing that it would help „consolidate efforts against Bernie Sanders“ by other candidates.
Elizabeth never forgets who she‘s fighting for and alongside. She never forgets the people.
Unable To Make Her Case In Person, Warren Leans On Ayanna Pressley In Iowa
Elected to Congress in 2018, Pressley is one of four members of “The Squad” — a group of freshmen congresswomen that includes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. But unlike the other Squad members, who all endorsed Bernie Sanders, Pressley chose Warren, and is now a national co-chair for her campaign.
Woke wonk Elizabeth Warren’s foreign policy team is stacked with pro-war swamp creatures
Of the 35 people listed as advising Warren, including Baker, nine have spent time at the Pentagon and 13 at the State Department.
Most others have spent time at the big four Democratic foreign policy think tanks, with six from the Center for American Progress (CAP), three from the Century Foundation, five from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and five from the Truman Project. Meanwhile, three members of the team worked at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) or the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington’s two main vehicles for funding regime change activity.
Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard, and Elizabeth Warren at the Zion Baptist Church. Bernie: „Elizabeth, we should say hello, because half of the world is terribly interested on this issue.“ Tulsi: „This is the handshake that went around the world.“ Bernie: „You just approved it.“
NYT editorial board endorses Warren, Klobuchar for Democratic nomination for president
The New York Times editorial board on Sunday night endorsed both Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for the Democratic nomination for president.
What Separates Sanders From Warren (and Everybody Else)
In the Democratic primaries, only one candidate has deliberately chosen to use “working class” over “middle class.” Not surprisingly, that candidate is Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Progressives Unite 2020
We pledge to make our case to the American people on why our chosen candidate is the best choice to defeat Trump.
We pledge to focus our fight for the nomination against candidates supported by the corporate wing, instead of fighting each other.
We pledge to come together in state caucuses, primaries and conventions from the first vote in Iowa to the last vote at the DNC Convention in Wisconsin to ensure a progressive wins the nomination and America elects a Progressive President!
18 progressive groups sign unity pledge amid Sanders-Warren feud
The signers include seven groups who back Sanders‘s 2020 presidential bid and two that back Warren‘s. The remaining nine groups are either supportive of both candidates, such as Democracy for America, or have not endorsed anyone yet.
Progressive Groups Are Uniting To Call For A Truce Between Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, And Their Allies
A wide network of groups, including top allies of both candidates, are pushing a progressive unity pledge to stop the camps from “fighting each other.”
Warren-Sanders fight raises alarm on the left
Liberals are worried that continuing down this path will dampen enthusiasm for the progressive left’s brightest lights and make it more likely that a centrist candidate, such as former Vice President Joe Biden or former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, will emerge victorious.
‚CNN Is Truly a Terrible Influence on This Country‘: Democratic Debate Moderators Pilloried for Centrist Talking Points and Anti-Sanders Bias
Critics of the corporate media as well as supporters and staffers of Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ campaign blasted the moderators of the CNN/Des Moines Register Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night for employing centrist talking points and demonstrating a bias against Sanders in how they framed questions.
“In my view a woman could be elected president of the United States. The real issue is: whose side are you on? Are you on the side of workers and poor people or are you on the side of Big Money and corporations.” —@BernieSanders, 1988
Warren appears to snub Sanders‘ handshake after Iowa debate
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) appears to refuse to shake Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ (I-VT) hand following the CNN/Des Moines Register Iowa Democratic debate.
Sanders Campaign Co-Chair After Debate: 30 Years Ago, Warren Was A Republican
Warren was indeed a registered Republican until the mid-1990s. She said her research as a legal scholar into the root causes of household bankruptcy reshaped her worldview. As a Democrat, she defeated Republican Sen. Scott Brown in 2012 in her first run for office.
“The only person on this stage who has beaten an incumbent Republican anytime in the past 30 years is me,” Warren added. That bothered Sanders: “1990. That‘s how I won. Beat a Republican congressman.” Warren: “Thirty years ago. Wasn‘t it 30 years ago?”
The Note: Sanders vs. Warren fight tests both candidates at only Iowa debate
The non-aggression pact between Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren has been a prominent feature of the previous six Democratic debates. That will mean nothing if they choose this moment to say publicly what their campaigns are saying about each other privately — marking perhaps the biggest strategic question facing the major Democratic candidates in the final 20 days before the caucuses.
Congress: Senate vote to limit Trump‘s military actions against Iran in limbo
“It should be voted on when everybody’s in the chamber,” he said, noting Tuesday’s presidential debate. “A, I want to pass it. But B, it is the kind of a vote that should not happen with people absent.”
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Tuesday’s debate will include Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).
Sanders and Warren Meet and Agree: They Both Are Probably Running
(13.08.2018)
Only the two senators were present and they stated what has become abundantly clear: that they are both seriously considering seeking the Democratic nomination in 2020. But neither Ms. Warren nor Mr. Sanders sought support from the other or tried to dissuade the other from running, said the officials familiar with the meeting.
New: In a new statement, Elizabeth Warren says about her meeting with Bernie Sanders in 2018: “I thought a woman could win; he disagreed.”
What we just broke on air @CNN: Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren in a private meeting in December 2018 that he did not believe a woman could win, according to four sources.
Full story here, including Sanders‘ aggressive on-the-record pushback:
Everything you need to know about the latest Iowa Poll results and what they mean
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders narrowly leads his rivals with 20% of likely Democratic caucusgoers naming him as their first choice. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is close behind with 17%.
Sanders Leads Presidential Field in Poll of Iowa Democrats
Sanders leads in Iowa with 20% support, up 5 percentage points since November. Elizabeth Warren is in second place at 17%, virtually tied with Pete Buttigieg at 16%, leaving national front-runner Joe Biden in fourth place at 15%.
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Obama talks up Warren behind closed doors to wealthy donors
Last week, more than 200 lower- and mid-level Obama staffers who worked on his presidential campaigns and in his administration threw their support behind Warren.
Elizabeth Warren Makes U-Turn on Medicare For All
(21.12.2019)
Elizabeth Warren has changed her tone on medicare for all. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
Democrats fear Trump could win despite impeachment
Some worry that former Vice President Joe Biden is a weak front-runner. At the same time, they are nervous that Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are too progressive to appeal to more moderate voters in swing states.
Suffolk/Globe poll finds Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Biden in tight race in N.H.
Trailing the Sanders-Warren-Buttigieg-Biden quartet was Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii with 6 percent.
Poll: Trump edges Biden, trails Sanders in neck and neck match-ups
Trump edges out Biden 51-49 among registered voters in the poll while trailing Sanders 50-49, both margins that fall within the survey‘s margin of error. Trump and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are also deadlocked at 50-50.
The president has a 4-point lead over South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the final Democrat polled in a match-up with Trump.
Too Far Left? Some Candidates Don’t Buy the Argument
Ms. Warren declined to address Mr. Obama’s implicit criticism, and instead praised the former president’s efforts on health care.
“I so admire what President Obama did. He is the one who led the way on health care and got health care coverage for tens of millions of Americans when nobody thought that was possible,” she said, speaking to reporters after a campaign event in Waverly, Iowa.
Trump promised „insurance for everybody.“ Instead, nearly 500,000 children have lost health insurance since he took office. Enough is enough. We need Medicare for All now.
Pelosi: ‚I‘m not a big fan of Medicare for All‘
The comments come on the same day that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of the party’s leading presidential contenders, released her Medicare for All plan, saying it would not directly raise taxes on the middle class.
Pelosi, though, raised concerns about the price tag of such a proposal, as well as the notion of eliminating private insurance, which she noted that some people like.
Rivals in Democratic debate make clear they see Warren as the front-runner
That was a central message of the presidential Democratic debate Tuesday, when the Massachusetts senator’s rivals peppered her with hostile questions and blunt challenges to her policies on healthcare, taxes and more.
The debate was the first to be held since Warren moved into the lead of many national and early-state polls, challenging Joe Biden’s status as front-runner, and she drew fire that she had largely escaped in earlier rounds.
Sanders on difference with Warren: she‘s a capitalist ‚I‘m not‘
„There are differences between Elizabeth and myself,“ Sanders said, referring to Warren. „Elizabeth, I think, as you know, has said that she is a capitalist through her bones. I’m not.”
„I am, I believe, the only candidate who‘s going to say to the ruling class of this country, ‚Enough. Enough with your greed, and with your corruption. We need real change in this country,‘ “ Sanders added.